Ordinary people’s beliefs are about the things they like and pursue (for example, I like Honda performance cars, and my belief is that self-priming and high-speed rotation are red-headed engines). A higher-level belief may be what I want to do, and I don’t like it. What, insist on putting an end to what. After all, it's much harder to hate one thing (or person) all your life than to like it all your life.
However, in Japan four centuries ago, Japan was still uncivilized, and their belief was to put an end to all other beliefs. The beliefs of foreigners are not allowed to take root and nurture in the country. It turns out that the highest level of belief is religion. It turns out that if you believe in the wrong religion, you will be killed. It turns out that the farmers who can’t eat enough are willing to die for their beliefs. It turns out that the farmers who can’t write those words can speak fluent English. It's because of faith, it turns out that faith can override all suffering!
Those suffering images in the first half of the movie made me tremble. These sufferings are different from ordinary sufferings. All the suffering here comes from the perseverance in the depths of the soul, the belief that the suffering of flesh and blood cannot even be shaken by life. You may watch some movies with awe, but this one is not something that can be solved with respect. You must feel it with piety and even a pilgrimage. I didn't even dare to watch this movie with Erlang's legs crossed.
May the holy Buddha, God, and Patriarch be the deity of all religions in another world with those great pioneers and victims, blissful and peaceful.
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